Headband Hall of Fame …

I’m still filling in for my colleague Tim Sullivan, writing his 11 Things column for the 96 Hours section in the Chronicle. This week’s subject is “11 Things: Headband Hall of Fame.” I found compiling this list particularly difficult. So many wonderful headbands to choose from …

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Some choices will be controversial …

I’ve included the entire column below, inserting links for each headband. Please let me know what I missed in the comments.

1. John Rambo: We’ll have to keep this headband behind glass, because it can’t possibly smell good. (It was a dirty-looking rag to begin with, and then worn in four movies over 26 years.) But it will still be a highlight on the Headband Hall of Fame tour.Estimated eBay auction value: $325,000

2. Olivia Newton-John: We’re hoping that Olivia Newton-John will work as a greeter at the Headband Hall of Fame or maybe a docent. Let me hear your headband talk!Auction value: $145,000

4. Daniel LaRusso: “Daniel LaRusso is going to fight? … Daniel LaRusso is going to fight!” But not without the cool-looking dark blue and white headband that he got from Mr. Miyagi. Remember karate students: Distract them with the headband, then hit them with the crane kick. Auction value: $12,500

3. Paul Kantner: Chances are good you can find him in North Beach right now, wearing his headband at an outdoor coffee shop and plotting his next comeback. Jefferson Helicopter? Jefferson Aircraft Carrier? Jefferson Death Star? Auction value: $350

5. Slick Watts: The number of bald guys with headbands in the NBA currently outnumbers everyone else in the league. But in the mid-1970s there was just Slick, one of our greatest headband pioneers. Auction value: $3,500

6. Mike Reno: It would be easy to leave this “Working for the Weekend” singer off the list, because nobody listens to Loverboy anymore (except to be ironic). But Reno carried the headband torch as proudly as anyone. Auction value: $35

7. Bjorn Borg: It’s quite possible that no human being has ever looked better in a headband. Borg was also largely responsible for the popularity of the striped sweatband. (The Headband Hall of Fame is right next to the Wooden Racket Hall of Fame, so Borg fans can visit both in one day.) Auction value: $55,000

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Slick Watts was a headband pioneer.

8. John McEnroe: Even more intimidating than Mac’s verbal tirades was the sweatband, which made his head look like a giant mushroom cloud. Auction value: $55,000

9. Jim McMahon: Anyone who ended up on the cover of Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated while wearing a sweatband, as this Chicago quarterback did in the 1980s, is a first-ballot Headband Hall of Famer. Auction value: $2,500

10. Jimi Hendrix: Perhaps the most famous headband in history. The Headband Hall of Fame curators will have to move it while wearing HazMat suits or else they may start hallucinating. Auction value: $1.15 million

11. Tony Manero: The iconic character from “Saturday Night Fever” showed up in “Staying Alive” proudly wearing a headband. The movie sucked, but it wasn’t for lack of accessorizing. Auction value: $95,000

(P.S. I’ll post something that actually has something to do with parenting this afternoon. Watch for it!)